Hello everybody. I've been a fan of Sega Racing games (Daytona USA 1/2, Scud Race, OutRun 1/2, Sega Rally, Crazy Taxi, Virtua Racing, etc.) ever since I first played Daytona USA 2 in the arcade around 2002. I like them and try to promote them as much as I can. Let everyone know about the magic that is Sega Racing Games!!!

Saturday, November 17, 2012

VOTE FOR DLC AND FOOTBALL MANAGER!!!

Stop right there, you must read this or your family, friends, and pets will die in a fire:

I'll set you a challange. Without any policing from the SUMO or SEGA crew, if you can all agree on three characters by the 1st of December and prove there is sufficient interest of at least 1000 unique people *per* character, I will present the result to SEGA. I can't promise anything will happen as a result, but since you're starting it... - DarthS0L

I personally petitioned for the elusive Daytona USA 2 transformer, made up of the Scorpio Car, the Chums Gum Boat, and the Phantom Jet. What...Daytona 2 needs some love too? And Scud Race. And Sega Rally. Damn Hornet steals all the attention. Too bad my idea didn't go through.

But THERE'S MORE SECRET CHARACTERS! These characters are on the disc but they had to be hacked to get the videos you see here. There's only twenty-three slots on character select screen. Wait, are these guys platform exclusives or are they on-disc DLC? If they are DLC, why Sumo, why??? Well, you paid $40 for the game, just shut up and let Sumo take your money.

There's gonna be a bunch of flak taken for this character. I mean, a FOOTBALL MANAGER character??? Fantastic! I am actually not bothered by this. Everyone loves British accents. And that silver Rolls Royce is pretty cool. Notice the helmet? You were never meant to see this bloke's eyes and hair. Couldn't see them on the box art, couldn't see them in this game.

I was going to make a funny joke about being in first place but that's the second stereotype I played up in this post and I don't want to blow it. Well, everyone loves Japanese samurai dudes...the car's pretty cool, made out of wood like a 70's station wagon but if you're gonna put an Asian in the game...why not Ryo? Or Segata Sanshiro? SUMO IS A DISGRACE TO SEGA!!!

EDIT: So guys on the Sega forums are spamming links to the thread on various forums, including Kotaku and Reddit. Kotaku is a joke of a gaming site, only post about bad aspects of Japanese culture, snack food, Reddit reposts, and the occasional article about how awesome of a gamer you are because you play Assassin's Creed/Portal/Halo/Minecraft. Reddit cares more about stuff that doesn't even deserve to make the front page on /r/midlyinteresting, such as this: